The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the 46th edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from 23 October – 1 November 2015 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is the first time that Scotland hosted the event. The competition served as a qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Japan won the men's team all-around competition for the first time since 1978, and the United States won the women's team all-around title for the third straight time. In the individual all-around competitions, Kōhei Uchimura and Simone Biles won their sixth and third successive title, respectively. Qualifying in thirteenth place, team Romania failed to automatically qualify to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1966.

On 4 December 2015, British Gymnastics announced that the event had been named "Sporting Event of the Year" by The Sunday Mail.

Competition schedule All times are BST (UTC+1) from 23 to 24 October 2015 and GMT (UTC±0) from 25 October to 1 November 2015. Date Time Round 23 October 2015 09:40 Women's qualifying (Day 1 – morning) 14:40 Women's qualifying (Day 1 – afternoon) 24 October 2015 09:40 Women's qualifying (Day 2 – morning) 14:40 Women's qualifying (Day 2 – afternoon) 25 October 2015 09:40 Men's qualifying (Day 1 – morning) 16:10 Men's qualifying (Day 1 – afternoon) 26 October 2015 09:40 Men's qualifying (Day 2 – morning) 16:10 Men's qualifying (Day 2 – afternoon) 27 October 2015 18:15 Women's team final 28 October 2015 17:30 Men's team final 29 October 2015 18:25 Women's all-around final 30 October 2015 17:45 Men's all-around final 31 October 2015 13:30 Apparatus finals 1 November 2015 13:30 Apparatus finals

Venue The competition was held in The SSE Hydro, which opened in 2013. This arena hosted the Gymnastics events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Olympic qualification

As is traditional for any World Championships prior to the Olympic year, the Championships served as the first of two qualification rounds for artistic gymnasts to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the qualification round of Worlds, the top 8 teams in both MAG and WAG competitions received an automatic qualification berth to the Games. Teams placed 9–16th at the World Championships were invited to the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio and the top 4 teams from that event made up the 12 teams at the Olympics.

Medalists Men Naoto Hayasaka Ryohei Kato Kazuma Kaya Kenzō Shirai Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Tomomasa Hasegawa Brinn Bevan Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Max Whitlock Nile Wilson James Hall Deng Shudi Lin Chaopan Liu Yang Xiao Ruoteng You Hao Zhang Chenglong Liu Rongbing Women Simone Biles Gabby Douglas Brenna Dowell Madison Kocian Maggie Nichols Aly Raisman MyKayla Skinner Chen Siyi Fan Yilin Mao Yi Shang Chunsong Tan Jiaxin Wang Yan Zhu Xiaofang Becky Downie Ellie Downie Claudia Fragapane Ruby Harrold Kelly Simm Amy Tinkler Charlie Fellows None awarded None awarded

Medal table The United States led the medal table for second consecutive time, followed by Japan and Russia, while host Great Britain finished 5th with 5 medals.

Medal standings Overall

Men

Women

Men's results

Team competition

Oldest and youngest competitors NameCountryDate of birthAge Youngest Brinn Bevan 16 June 1997 Oldest Yoo Won-chul 20 July 1984 Rank Team Total Japan 47.258 (1) 45.166 (1) 43.798 (5) 45.766 (2) 45.665 (5) 43.165 (7) 270.818 Naoto Hayasaka 15.133 14.833 Ryohei Kato 14.733 14.366 15.533 15.033 Kazuma Kaya 15.400 Kenzo Shirai 16.325 15.533 Yusuke Tanaka 14.466 14.266 13.666 Kōhei Uchimura 15.800 15.033 14.966 15.400 15.866 14.466 Great Britain 45.766 (2) 44.999 (2) 43.666 (6) 45.499 (4) 45.532 (6) 44.883 (2) 270.345 Brinn Bevan 13.966 15.133 Daniel Purvis 15.400 14.333 15.466 Louis Smith 15.333 Kristian Thomas 14.600 15.333 15.000 Max Whitlock 15.766 15.700 14.400 15.033 15.033 15.000 Nile Wilson 14.933 15.033 14.833 China 44.565 (4) 41.565 (7) 45.999 (1) 45.666 (3) 47.765 (1) 44.399 (3) 269.959 Deng Shudi 14.966 14.600 15.233 16.066 Lin Chaopan 15.133 13.466 15.200 15.766 15.333 Liu Yang 15.766 Xiao Ruoteng 13.433 15.233 14.233 You Hao 14.666 15.633 15.933 Zhang Chenglong 14.466 14.833 4 Russia 44.366 (5) 43.600 (3) 44.165 (4) 45.900 (1) 46.266 (2) 44.065 (4) 268.362 Denis Ablyazin 15.100 14.433 15.700 David Belyavskiy14.666 14.100 14.866 15.200 15.600 14.566 Nikita Ignatyev 14.866 15.400 14.966 Nikolai Kuksenkov 14.800 15.266 14.533 Nikita Nagornyy 14.600 15.000 Ivan Stretovich 14.700 5 United States 43.933 (7) 42.032 (6) 45.066 (2) 44.624 (6) 46.133 (3) 46.065 (1) 267.853 Chris Brooks 14.933 Danell Leyva 13.100 15.800 15.666 Alexander Naddour 15.100 15.066 14.700 14.466 Paul Ruggeri 14.633 15.100 14.733 15.466 Donnell Whittenburg 14.200 13.866 15.166 15.058 15.600 Brandon Wynn 15.200 6 Switzerland 44.232 (6) 42.998 (4) 42.165 (8) 43.333 (8) 45.799 (4) 43.133 (8) 261.660 Christian Baumann 14.666 13.933 15.266 13.300 Pablo Brägger 14.866 13.766 15.133 15.433 Pascal Bucher 13.666 15.333 Claudio Capelli 14.800 14.300 Oliver Hegi 14.666 14.400 Eddy Yusof 14.566 14.466 13.900 15.200 7 South Korea 43.082 (8) 42.066 (5) 42.823 (7) 44.999 (5) 43.832 (7) 43.233 (6) 260.035 Kim Han-sol 15.283 14.166 15.400 Lee Jun-ho 13.433 14.766 Lee Sang-wook 13.200 14.866 14.333 Park Min-soo 14.200 14.066 13.533 14.600 Shin Dong-hyen 14.366 14.666 14.833 Yoo Won-chul 14.591 15.433 14.300 8 Brazil 44.666 (3) 39.432 (8) 44.699 (3) 44.316 (7) 42.932 (8) 43.532 (5) 259.577 Francisco Barretto 11.100 14.966 13.700 Lucas Bitencourt 13.866 14.400 14.600 14.666 Diego Hypólito 15.233 14.716 Arthur Mariano 14.733 14.466 14.700 15.166 Caio Souza 14.700 14.766 14.900 13.366 Arthur Zanetti 15.533

Individual all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors NameCountryDate of birthAge Youngest Kazuma Kaya 19 November 1996 Oldest Andrey Likhovitskiy 23 June 1986 15.733 15.100 14.933 15.633 15.833 15.100 92.332 14.666 14.300 15.233 15.433 15.733 15.333 90.698 15.133 14.400 14.533 15.300 15.933 14.800 90.099 4 14.975 13.566 15.233 15.300 16.000 14.566 89.640 5 15.700 16.100 14.516 15.000 15.100 12.833 89.249 6 14.666 14.933 14.800 14.866 15.033 14.900 89.198 7 15.166 14.666 14.466 14.900 15.400 14.466 89.064 8 15.266 14.166 15.533 14.533 15.633 13.666 88.797 9 14.866 14.033 14.266 15.166 14.733 15.166 88.230 10 14.666 15.400 14.033 14.700 14.933 14.466 88.198 11 14.700 14.700 14.766 14.033 15.366 14.466 88.031 12 15.000 14.500 14.000 14.466 14.800 15.200 87.966 13 14.866 13.833 13.800 14.800 15.300 15.200 87.799 14 15.200 14.666 14.166 14.700 13.466 14.966 87.164 15 14.200 14.433 14.066 14.416 15.000 14.400 86.515 16 14.066 14.766 13.900 14.100 14.700 14.466 85.998 17 13.733 12.933 14.233 14.300 15.366 14.000 84.565 18 13.975 14.566 13.766 14.033 14.966 13.033 84.339 19 14.266 12.333 14.133 14.666 14.166 14.533 84.097 20 12.966 14.066 14.200 14.733 13.566 14.300 83.831 21 14.500 13.366 14.166 14.558 13.966 13.033 83.589 22 14.733 13.466 12.866 14.433 14.166 13.633 83.297 23 14.233 14.200 14.166 14.866 13.533 11.266 82.264 4.591 14.733 11.866 13.933 45.123

Floor

Oldest and youngest competitors NameCountryDate of birthAge Youngest Kenzo Shirai 24 August 1996 Oldest Tomás González 22 November 1985 7.600 8.633 16.233 6.800 8.766 15.566 6.700 8.500 15.200 4 6.700 8.466 15.166 5 6.500 8.600 15.100 6 6.800 8.133 14.933 7 6.800 8.000 14.800 8 6.800 8.033 −0.100 14.733

Pommel horse

Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Kazuma Kaya 19 November 1996 18 years Oldest Harutyun Merdinyan 16 August 1984 31 years

7.300 8.833 16.133 7.200 8.833 16.033 6.700 8.800 15.500 6.800 8.700 5 6.600 8.766 15.366 6 7.000 8.266 15.266 7 6.700 8.500 15.200 8 6.400 8.033 14.433

Rings

Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Donnell Whittenburg 18 August 1994 21 years Oldest Yuri van Gelder 20 April 1983 32 years

6.800 9.000 15.800 7.000 8.733 15.733 6.900 8.800 15.700 4 6.800 8.833 15.633 5 6.800 8.800 15.600 6 6.800 8.700 15.500 7 6.600 8.733 15.333 8 6.700 8.600 15.300

Vault

Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Kenzo Shirai 24 August 1996 19 years Oldest Marian Drăgulescu 18 December 1980 34 years Position Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 6.400 9.200 15.600 6.400 8.900 15.300 15.450 6.000 9.300 15.300 6.200 9.300 15.500 15.400 6.000 9.100 15.100 6.400 9.200 15.600 15.350 4 6.000 9.466 15.466 6.000 9.100 15.100 15.283 5 6.000 9.200 15.200 6.000 8.966 14.966 15.083 6 6.400 8.000 −0.100 14.300 6.200 9.200 15.400 14.850 7 5.600 8.900 14.500 5.200 9.333 14.533 14.516 8 6.000 8.000 14.000 6.000 9.000 15.000 14.500

Parallel bars

Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Manrique Larduet 10 July 1996 19 years Oldest Yusuke Tanaka 29 November 1989 25 years

7.300 8.916 16.216 7.100 8.966 16.066 7.000 8.966 15.966 7.100 8.866 5 6.900 8.833 15.733 6 6.900 8.766 15.666 7 6.600 9.000 15.600 8 6.600 8.633 15.233

Horizontal bar

Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Manrique Larduet 10 July 1996 19 years Oldest Chris Brooks 19 December 1986 28 years

Manrique Larduet was qualified for the Olympics, as an individual, by medaling on this event. 7.100 8.733 15.833 7.300 8.400 15.700 7.000 8.600 15.600 4 6.500 8.666 15.166 5 7.200 7.766 14.966 6 6.400 7.400 13.800 7 7.200 6.300 13.500 6.000 7.500

Women's results

Team competition

Oldest and youngest competitors

Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Sydney Townsend 24 December 1999 15 years Oldest Ksenia Afanasyeva 13 September 1991 24 years

Rank Team Total United States 46.665 (1) 45.433 (2) 43.432 (1) 45.808 (1) 181.338 Maggie Nichols 15.466 14.800 13.966 15.000 Simone Biles 15.966 15.200 15.733 Gabby Douglas 15.233 15.333 Aly Raisman 14.266 15.075 Madison Kocian 15.300 Brenna Dowell China 45.233 (3) 45.632 (1) 42.300 (2) 42.999 (3) 176.164 Shang Chunsong 15.233 14.600 14.366 Wang Yan 15.200 13.300 14.633 Tan Jiaxin 15.200 15.133 Fan Yilin 15.266 14.400 Mao Yi 14.833 14.000 Chen Siyi Great Britain 45.049 (4) 42.299 (5) 41.733 (3) 43.299 (2) 172.380 Ellie Downie 15.133 13.033 14.133 14.133 Claudia Fragapane 14.833 13.800 14.733 Amy Tinkler 15.083 14.433 Becky Downie 14.833 13.800 Ruby Harrold 14.433 Kelly Simm 4 Russia 45.766 (2) 43.874 (3) 40.133 (6) 42.191 (6) 171.964 Maria Paseka 15.600 14.733 13.766 Viktoria Komova 15.100 14.000 13.300 Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.066 14.500 Seda Tutkhalyan 13.300 13.925 Daria Spiridonova 15.141 Maria Kharenkova 13.533 5 Japan 44.832 (5) 42.424 (4) 40.066 (7) 42.565 (5) 169.887 Asuka Teramoto 14.600 14.225 13.900 13.966 Mai Murakami 15.066 13.966 12.200 13.966 Sae Miyakawa 15.166 14.633 Aiko Sugihara 14.233 Sakura Yumoto 13.966 Natsumi Sasada 6 Canada 44.533 (6) 40.666 (7) 41.032 (5) 41.466 (7) 167.697 Ellie Black 15.100 13.566 14.233 Brittany Rogers 15.000 13.200 13.700 Isabela Onyshko 13.933 13.766 13.900 Sydney Townsend 14.433 Victoria-Kayen Woo 13.533 Audrey Rousseau 13.333 7 Italy 43.699 (7) 41.766 (6) 39.399 (8) 42.733 (4) 167.597 Carlotta Ferlito 14.466 14.300 14.033 Erika Fasana 14.800 14.500 Elisa Meneghini 14.433 14.200 Enus Mariani 14.166 12.566 Lara Mori 13.800 12.533 Tea Ugrin 13.800 8 Netherlands 41.599 (8) 38.432 (8) 41.500 (4) 41.199 (8) 162.730 Eythora Thorsdottir 13.066 13.800 13.400 Lieke Wevers 11.133 14.200 13.866 Tisha Volleman 14.100 13.933 Sanne Wevers 14.233 13.500 Mara Titarsolej 14.066 Lisa Top 13.433

Individual all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors

Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Wang Yan 30 October 1999 15 years Oldest Lieke Wevers 17 September 1991 24 years